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GitHub Essentials - Second Edition

By : Achilleas Pipinellis
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GitHub Essentials - Second Edition

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By: Achilleas Pipinellis

Overview of this book

Whether you are an experienced developer or a novice, learning to work with Version Control Systems is a must in the software development world. Git is the most popular tool for that purpose, and GitHub was built around it, leveraging its powers by bringing it to the web. Starting with the basics of creating a repository, you will then learn how to manage the issue tracker, the place where discussions about your project take place. Continuing our journey, we will explore how to use the wiki and write rich documentation that will accompany your project. You will also master organization/team management and some of the features that made GitHub so well known, including pull requests. Next, we will focus on creating simple web pages hosted on GitHub and lastly, we will explore the settings that are configurable for a user and a repository.
Table of Contents (8 chapters)

Summary

By finishing this chapter, you should be ready to fill in the details to build a public profile that is viewable by anyone interested in knowing more about you. Your account is yours and yours only, so it should be secured as much as possible. By now, you should have followed the steps to secure it with 2FA and be a little bit safer.

You have also learned how to configure a repository's settings regarding its default branch and enabling or disabling features such as the issue tracker and the wiki. Another thing to remember is how to add collaborators to your project and how to transfer its ownership if needed.

These were the most important settings to consider, both user and project-related, and you should feel a little bit wiser towards the end.